Treatment of Severe Post-kidney-transplant Lung Infection by Integrative Chinese and Western Medicin

• 作 者: YAO Quan ZHANG Shu-wen WANG Ho
• 机 构: Beijing Friendship Hospital, Affiliated to Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050
• 出 处: 中国结合医学杂志（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2006年1期
• 关键词: post-kidney-transplant severe lung infection integrative Chinese and Western med

Objective: To explore treatments of severe post-kidney-transplant lung infection by integrative Chinese and West medicine (ICWM), in order to elevate the curing rate as well as to lower the death rate. Methods: Based on conventional ways of West medical treatments of 18 cases of severe post-kidney-transplant lung infection, such as putting the patients in single individual ward, antibiotics to prevent infection, respiratory machines, blood filtration, nutritional support, steroids, and maintaining electrolytes balance, we applied integrated Chinese medicinal treatments, like altering conventional prescription pneumonia Ⅲ , and conducted clinical observation of effectiveness, and indexes including white blood cell (WBC), neutrophilic granulocyte, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), blood creatinine (Cr), etc. Results: Of the 18cases studied, 7 were already cured, 8 proved the treatment effective, 3 died. All clinical indexes had statistically significant changes compared with those of before treatment (P＜0.01). Conclusion: ICWM can increase curing rate and lower death rate.